Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Katlyn Chookagian vs Jennifer Maia

Here's the match video of Katlyn Chookagian vs Jennifer Maia from last night's UFC show in New York City. The winner of this match probably gets a shot at Valentina Shevchenko's UFC Flyweight Championship. The fight went as I expected. Both are points fighters with different styles. With her height and reach advantage, I expected Katlyn's "keep away" style to work very well against Jennifer. Jennifer is a boxer who isn't much good at anything else. So when Katlyn started scoring with her jab and Jennifer couldn't get inside, Jennifer should have tried something different. But by the time she did that she had already lost the fight. So Katlyn won the first two rounds 10-9. One would think Jennifer would show some urgency in round three. But she doesn't. The judges gave her round three. Who cares? Katlyn was just more conservative than usual. She knew she had won the first two rounds. She didn't need to take risks. That's what Jennifer needed to do but she didn't. Both are midcard fighters but the strategy Mark Henry gave to Katlyn was more effective. So now Katlyn gets that title shot. Valentina is a big step up in competition level. I expect the result to be similar to Valentina's win over Jessica Eye as Katlyn is at the same level. There are elite fighters in the pipeline. Katlyn is not one of them. Enjoy the video!